Saturday, February 14, 2009

Finally

I have finished some patterns. They have been sent to Nick the Geek, my webmaster, and hopefully he will be posting them soon. He's also finishing up on the web design. That has been a big adventure! He reports that he has a few more glitches to work out and all will be set. I've been behind schedule but I'm catching up.

Today is Valentine's Day. Think of all the chocolate that will be eaten today. Here's some information and statics for this special day.

One legend has it that Valentine's Day originated to commemorate the anniversary of the death of St. Valentine, a Roman clergyman who was executed on Feb. 14, about 270 A.D., for secretly marrying couples in defiance of the emperor. According to another, the holiday began as a Roman fertility festival. Americans probably began exchanging handmade valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther Howland, a native of Massachusetts, began to sell the nation's first mass-produced valentine cards.

Top Ways to Celebrate Valentine's Day

Household participation rates

Greeting Cards

65%

Plush

21%

Date Night

44%

Other Gifts

17%

Candy

38%

Perfume/Cologne

12%

Flowers

32%

Jewelry

11%

Gift Cards

29%

  

 

85% of all Valentine cards are bought by women.

73% of
flowers


are bought by men, and only 27% are by women.

Chocolate and candy sales reach profits of $1,011 billion during Valentines

Happy Valentine's Day! willa

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